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Background: I've worked for Cox Media Group since I started as a freelance reporter covering Tipp City in 1993. I've been a copy editor, front page designer, weekend editor and public affairs editor.
Beats or topics covered: Public affairs, elections and politics

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The school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last month has families around the region talking about safety and our schools. Lawmakers in Columbus are considering new state laws. Gov. John Kasich is calling for changes. Some sheriffs say the answer is to arm teachers. RELATED: What are local schools doing to improve safety? The debate is raging...

By Jessica Wehrman } Washington Bureau Sen. Rob Portman late last week said he has secured a commitment from the Department of Energy to clean up existing landfills
and plumes at the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. The plant, which enriched uranium during the Cold War and later enriched uranium for nuclear power plants...

Ohio Gov. John Kasich went on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday and talked about guns, Congress and President Donald Trump. Here’s some highlights: “Do I think they can do anything on guns? I hope they prove me wrong and they can because I have no confidence in them.” “We need leadership out of the executive.&rdquo...

Ohio’s governor on Monday ordered flags flown at half-staff around the state to honor two police officers killed over the
weekend in suburban Columbus.
The order from Republican Gov. John Kasich applies to flags at public properties and will be in place until the officers
are interred.
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Central State University graduate Omarosa Manigault Newman, who worked for President Donald Trump and was one of his earliest vocal supporters, says she would “never” vote for him again. On the season premiere of Big Brother on CBS, Manigault Newman said “God no. Never. Not in a million years, never.” She graduated...

The Republican parties in Montgomery and Preble counties have endorsed Attorney General Mike DeWine in the race for governor. The move comes as voters have yet to decide on the primary between DeWine and Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor. Election Day is May 8. RELATED: Who is running for governor? “These endorsements continue to show tremendous...

Local Congressman Jim Jordan, R-Urbana, said President Donald Trump wants to have a military parade because “he loves our military.” The United States hasn’t had a military themed parade since the end of the Gulf War in 1991. “I wish every American could spend some time with him, and you would see how much he loves...

President Donald Trump honored the memory of Otto Warmbier during the State of the Union address Tuesday night. Warmbier, a Cincinnati man who was held captive in North Korea, died after returning to the United States upon his release. “After a shameful trial, the dictatorship sentenced Otto to 15 years of hard labor, before returning...

By Jessica Wehrman Washington Bureau Sen. Rob Portman, who received $2,700 from embattled casino owner Steve Wynn and $2,700 from Wynn’s wife in 2016, will give
that money to charities that combat human trafficking, his spokeswoman said today. The charities are in Ohio, the Ohio Republican’s spokeswoman said. Wynn...

The school shooting Tuesday in Benton, Ky, is the eleventh school shooting this year … and it’s only Jan. 24. The New York Times says the shooting, that killed two students and injured 20, is roughly the 50th shooting during this academic year. “Some of the shootings at schools this year were suicides that injured no one...

Ohio Supreme Court Justice William O’Neill says he’s going to name his running mate in the governor’s race on Tuesday. That will make him the second of the six Democratic candidates to announce who he is running with. State Sen. Joe Schiavoni announced last week he is running with Ohio Board of Education member Stephanie...